The Second Padawan

Chapter Forty- One

"Shh!" Rex sat me down behind a storage bin. There were droids lingering around a transport, around 12 of them.

I peaked over the bin to try to make a strategic plan. "I can't fight." I sighed.

"It's okay Commander. You're in no condition, let us handle the tinnies."

"Wait." I said looking at the droids. They all had loose grips on their blasters. "I can disarm them." I said. We had 5 men with us. "Pick your targets."

I reached out with the force and made the droids drop their weapons. The moment the blasters hit the ground the clones fired, killing all the droids.

"Good work Commander." Rex commended me.

"Thanks Captain. Help me get into the ship." He nodded and assisted me on the ramp and into the cock pit. "I'll ready the engines. Something tells me Master and Ahsoka will be here in a not so timely manner." I smiled and started the engines, so if we needed to flee quickly we could do in seconds.

I could hear some commotion, blaster fire. "Rex what's going on?"

"Two of our men went after Bane, and the droids are here!" He started shooting. The droids fired at Rex and two other clones onboard. I took the ship off the ground so the droids wouldn't board, while also giving the Clones high ground.

"Come on! Come on!" I turned around and saw Master and Ahsoka running towards the ship. They got on and I was preparing to leave until I saw a Clone on the balcony, I think it was Denal. I moved the ship over a little so they could jump on the loading ramp.

"Trooper, did you get the Holocron?" Master asked him.

"No sir.." he said quietly.

"I'll get it Master!" Ahsoka said.

"No time." He told Ahsoka. "Liyah, get us out of here." I nodded and flew us out the hangar and into open space. I could see our cruiser in the distance. The enemy frigate had exploded, I presumed the fuel cells blew up.

"Well it looks like the Holocron is destroyed." Ahsoka said. "But at-least the separatists didn't get it."

"Banes dead...but I can still feel him." Master pondered aloud.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"It's probably nothing."

I flew us in the hangar of the Jedi cruiser and landed. I lowered the ramp to let everyone out.

"Master, I'm sorry I let that mercenary get the upper-hand." Ahsoka sighed.

"It's not your fault Ahsoka. It was mine. Start to finish." He patted her shoulder and went to debrief Admiral Yularen.

"At least the future younglings will be safe." I said, coming up behind her. Master walked back over to us after he debriefed the Admiral.

"So, what now?" Ahsoka asked.

"Now we get the injured to the Medical bay."

"General! I think there's something you should see!" Rex call us over.

"You go, I'm gonna go check up on Denal." Ahsoka ran to Denal who was holding his arm and walking away. He looked to be injured badly.

"What's the matter Rex?" I asked then looked to the ground. It was a green substance on the ground.

"It's blood." Rex said.

I took my glove off and touched it. Images flashed through my head. I saw Cad Bane fighting a trooper, it was Denal. He strangled him and then took his armor.